She sobbed as she tried to tell the dispatcher what clothes the boy was wearing and how it had been 15 minutes since she had seen him.

Police and the FBI searched for the boy while the mother was interviewed. Detectives found some "inconsistencies" in the mother's story, said Cleveland Police Commander Deon McCauley.

FBI agents helping in the search noticed a garbage truck leaving the mother's home on Monday, copied down the information and contacted the waste management company. They went to the company to search and found what authorities believe is the child's body wrapped in a plastic bag, said McCauley.

"Unfortunately the statements coming from the mother were inconsistent so we have limited information," said McCauley. "We do not know why out of her three children this is the one that suffered the demise."